Well I thought it would be nice to have a topic about who has or going to get the OpenMoko Freerunner.You all know (or not) it is a "Open" Smartphone.

As you can see no keyboard, just a touchscreen.Well the full specs here:

-A very high resolution touch screen (1.7" x 2.27" - 43mm x 58mm) 480x640 pixels -128MB SDRAM memory to allow operation of many applications at once -Internal GPS module for map and tracking programs -Bluetooth for local data exchange -802.11 b/g WiFi for fast web browsing and data transfer -A 400Mhz processor -A hardware Graphics Accelerator chip allowing the acceleration of a limited set of operations. -2 3D accelerometers so that the phone can know its orientation.-2 LEDs illuminating the two buttons on the rim of the case (-Tri-band GSM and GPRS for North America (850/1800/1900 Mhz) and the rest of the world (900/1800/1900 Mhz) -USB Host function with 500mA power allowing you to power USB devices for short periods

I've been waiting on Openmoko to get the consumer hardware finished for 2 years or so. I've already committed the $$ for it and I'm looking forward to it. While a keyboard would be nice my current phone is on it's last legs and I would like to see the Openmoko project succeed. I also don't see a lack of keyboard being a HUGE problem since there is USB and Bluetooth on the device.

Overall, I think it will be a pretty sweet phone. That probably won't come to pass until a year from now when the software matures. The good news is that any later devices will be able to expand on the existing code base.

For me it is all about supporting a open platform (more open than Android) with my money. So, I guess I'm a zealot that way. The hardware and current software short comings are not relevant to me when looking at the benefits of freedom on such a platform. I can understand people not thinking it is cool, because there is better hardware and software (see right above). Long term though, I feel that I am making the right choice in supporting OM to keep producing open hardware.

I've been waiting on Openmoko to get the consumer hardware finished for 2 years or so. I've already committed the $$ for it and I'm looking forward to it. While a keyboard would be nice my current phone is on it's last legs and I would like to see the Openmoko project succeed. I also don't see a lack of keyboard being a HUGE problem since there is USB and Bluetooth on the device.

I agree. It is only a phone (I know, it's more than that, but still). Still, I need excuses not to get one (my budget couldn't handle it).

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For me it is all about supporting a open platform (more open than Android) with my money. So, I guess I'm a zealot that way. The hardware and current software short comings are not relevant to me when looking at the benefits of freedom on such a platform. I can understand people not thinking it is cool, because there is better hardware and software (see right above). Long term though, I feel that I am making the right choice in supporting OM to keep producing open hardware.

I totally agree with that. Android is a step in the right direction, but it's not quite what I want. I guess that makes me a zealot too

- touchscreen sensivity/performance? compared to an iphone?The performance is very good. Also the sensivity is good, you can tap really fast with losing a tap.

I think I'll wait for the 3G version... and maybe in the meanwhile I'll get an iphone.....All I can say is that the Iphone is Ready to Use, Openmoko needs some time to play with, then again you have something very special

I will let you know if I tested more, then again I have to wait for the weekend before I have some time

As power management gets implemented battery life is improving. The GTA01 (FreeRunner is GTA02) had terrible battery life, 8 hours of operation from what I read. With new software it is getting 21 hours and there are even more things to implement. So, battery life will get better, but currently power management needs a lot of work.